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CSUN Stars Moving On

By STEVE HENSON
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Cal State Northridge loses six seniors--pitchers Robert Crabtree, Evan Howland, Juan Velazquez and Andrew Settle, first baseman Grant Hohman and designated hitter David Stevenson--but several juniors might sign with professional teams if they are selected in the June draft.

Catcher Robert Fick and third baseman Eric Gillespie are certain to sign, and left-handed pitcher Nathan Rice and outfielders Jose Miranda and Kurt Airoso might also be drafted.

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The final batting numbers of Fick, Gillespie and shortstop Adam Kennedy are the best of any trio in the nation. In 70 games, they combined for 334 hits and 65 home runs, scoring 252 runs and driving in 247. Fick batted .420, Kennedy .393 and Gillespie .357.

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Steve Henson

Steve Henson is a reporter with the Fast Break sports team at the Los Angeles Times. He previously served as an assistant editor and reporter in the Sports department. Henson was a leader in digital-only newsrooms from 2007-19 as a senior editor and columnist at Yahoo Sports and as senior editor at the USA Today Sports Media Group. This is his second stint at The Times, having covered the Dodgers and UCLA as well as doing enterprise, investigative and features writing from 1985-2007. Henson was awarded first place in sports features in 2021 by the L.A. Press Club and has been honored several times by the Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) and also by the California News Publishers Assn., the Football Writers Assn. of America and U.S. Basketball Writers Assn.

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